UPDATE: Traffic Stop Accident Leaves Two Officers Hurt

An accident along I-95 in Howard County left two Maryland Transporation Authority police hurt.

One of them was taken to Shock Trauma. He is expected to undergo surgery on his leg, according to Sgt. Jonathan Green of MdTA police.

The accident happened just before 11 last night during a traffic stop along the highway near the exit for Route 100.

The officers were involved in an investigation into a possible stolen vehicle when a pickup slammed into one cruiser, then pushed that car into the second cruiser, and into the stopped car, which in turn pushed the one officer into the travel lane.

Moments before the officer who was knocked into the highway pushed the driver of the sedan that had been stopped to safety.

That officer, Sgt. Green said, was then helped to safety out of traffic.

Green said both officers are heroes.

The car that had been stopped had been reported stolen but it turned out was merely being repossessed by an agent, Green said.

The driver of the pickup who slammed into the first MdTA police cruiser is identified as 34 year old Tyrone Darby, Jr., of Baltimore.

Darby faces DUI and related charges, Green said.

He also allegely failed to obey Maryland's "Move Over" law for emergency vehicles.

The second MdTA officer's injuries were not serious enough to warrant hospitalization